mr. bridenstine, mr. cook and ms. zinke. this amendment would guard technicians as personnel for the purpose of furlough. they're uniformed full-time guardsmen but paid differently. the technicians essentially wear two hats. they are trained to perform a particular job in the armed forces and they drill in that role like all other guardsmen. oftentimes these duel status technicians are the maintainers of aircraft and vehicles. they are the linchpin of readiness for the entire unit and are critical to first response missions. however, these are currently subject to furlough. we found this out the hard way in 2013. for florida this was particularly dangerous because of a potential hurricane that was brewing off the coast and the national guard helicopters couldn't get off the ground because the maintainers were furloughed. our state representative faces similar natural disasters. to correct this problem, congress has had to pass an annual fix. three years ago mr. palazzo and i led an amendment that protected mill tax and that

mr. bridenstine. mr. bridenstine votes no. mr. moulton. mr. moulton votes aye. dr. winstrop votes no. mr. aguilar votes aye. mr. burn. mr. burn votes no. mr. graves. mr. graves votes aye. mr. zinke. mr. zpiinke votes no. mismcsally. miss mcsally votes aye. mr. knight. mr. knight votes aye. mr. mcarthur. mr. mcarthur. mr. russell. mr. russell votes no. mr. miller. mr. miller votes no. mr. londrovan votes aye. mr. larson. mr. larson votes aye. mr. bishop. mr. bishop votes no. mr. courtney. mr. courtney votes aye. mr. schuster. mr. schuster votes no. mr. takai. mr. takai votes no. mr. mcarthur. >> mr. chairman -- >> who seeks recognition? mr. takai? >> may i change my vote? >> how is mr. takai recorded? >> mr. takai voted no. >> how would you like to be recorded? >> mr. chairman, a yes vote for me. >> mr. takai votes aye. >> clerk will report the result. >> mr. chairman, there were 32 aye votes, 30 no votes. >> the aemmendment is adopted. question occurs on amendment number 99 by miss speier. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. thornberry. >> no. >> mr. thornberry votes to. mr. smith. m

mr. bridenstine and mister peters. nuclear energy has the highest energy of any known energy source that relies emission free energy. unfortunately because nuclear energy technology is highly regulated and requires long-term investments to mature, innovative nuclear designs are locked out of the market.right now, innovative companies located up and down the california coast and from coast to coast are seeking to develop next generation nuclear energy technology. this amendment will provide the research infrastructure and flex ability for the private sector to develop next generation of advanced nuclear technology. this amendment erects doe to construct rain for research infrastructure that will allow researchers from the private sector to carry out cutting-edge research and testing in the us. today this research would depend on facilities in russia or elsewhere overseas. this amendment will also direct doe to leverage expertise from the national labs universities and private sector to accelerate civilian nuclear r and

mr. bridenstine regarding direction to the s.e.c. deaf to provide a briefing on hosted pay loads. amendment number 186 r 1 by mr. rogers which would provide the authority to mitigate unmanned threats to the d.o.d. nuclear missile defense and national security space assets. and amendment number 250 r 1 requiring a requirement for semiannual notification of missile defense test results changes and costs. amendment number 302 regarding the modification to the strategic foiss mark to change the lead combat and command to conduct the briefing on [ inaudible ] from north com to strat com. amendment number 034 r 2 regarding additional radar improvement requirements an a tippy two radar assets in hawaii and amendment number 183 r regarding briefing on the use of excess icbm motors in computer space launch activities. >> is there further discussion on then blank package? if not, the question -- the question on the amendments offered by alabama. all in favor say aye. the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. further amendments, gentleman from rhode island. >> thank you mr. chairman. i

mr. bridenstine of oklahoma regarding unaccompanied alien children. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the results of. >> mr. chairman, 35 aye votes, 26 no votes. >> in the amendment is adopted. the question is on amendment 248 regarding land withdrawals. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call]